After the approval of Jharkhand film policy in December 2015, the first Hindi and Bengali feature films sanctioned and approved under the policy will hit the theatre soon. ‘Kaanu- Never Say Die’ set on the backdrop of Ghatsila, a town situated on the banks of the Subarnarekha River in the land of forest depicts the life and struggle of young footballers. lack of basic amenities and facilities in small town including few unscrupulous people creates hurdle for budding football players.
“The movie take audiences to a small city depicting highs and lows of group of players, their success and failure in an intricately woven story,” informed, writer, director and the protagonist of the film, Prabhat Bhattacharya.
With the motto to promote other sports too in the limelight of cricket, the story essays a realistic approach on personnel and professional lives of the sportspersons in this shining India. However, under the guidance of renowned football coach Bishwajit Sarkar, played by Anupam Kher who grooms the budding talents and finally Ghatsila football club lifts the prestigious national cup against all odds, will give movie buffs a glimpse of the present situation of sports in the country grumbled in whirlpool of politics.
Maximum parts of the movie have been shot in Ghatsila and Jamshedpur with the involvement of local artists. However, only 55 percent part of the movie is complete and the project is under production. “We are working on production part and the movie is likely to be completed by the end of the year,” said, Producer of the film, Jessica D’Souza.
As the movie ropes in local artists including players of 12-13 local football teams from Jamshedpur and Ghatsila, players of Tata Football Academy (TFA), it will carve niche for Jharkhand in diverse sections and will enhance both tourism and art and culture of the state setting benchmark and giving opportunity to the local artists to be the part of few big and important project in the years to come.
Notably, neither the film producer nor the director revealed about the budget encompassed in the movie involving pre-production, post production cost approved and sanctioned under the state film policy. Giving the reference of the newly formulated policy, Bhattacharya pointed out, “All the process has been completed taking into account clause 23.3 of the film policy.”